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  • Opinion: Healthy communities rooted in meaningful access to legal services

    C Shannon Bacon and Erin B OConnell, Guest columnists|Updated Dec 28, 2024

    Three out of four low-income households in New Mexico struggle with legal issues impacting basic needs like housing, financial stability, access to social and medical benefits. New Mexico’s civil legal service providers handle thousands of cases every year, but a lack of capacity caused them to turn away more than half of the people seeking help last year. The New Mexico Commission on Access to Justice works with civil legal service providers to ensure equal access to the justice system for the most vulnerable in our c...